Allowing your child to date???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is in ninth grade and I've told her I prefer her to date at least one person while in high school. I want her to learn how to be in a relationship while she still lives at home. While she can still have someone pointing out how to date, how to navigate life (friends) while dating. And how to get OUT of a relationship.

This is also weird. It’s like something that you might say in your head but you shouldn’t say out loud.

Ding ding! don't do this! spool many kids have unrequited crushes through even all of US, both genders. could you imagine on top of that special version of teen heart break that your parent is disappointed that you aren't dating?! salt in the wound, dude

Agreed that it is weird. You need to establish better parental boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD is in ninth grade and I've told her I prefer her to date at least one person while in high school. I want her to learn how to be in a relationship while she still lives at home. While she can still have someone pointing out how to date, how to navigate life (friends) while dating. And how to get OUT of a relationship.

This is also weird. It’s like something that you might say in your head but you shouldn’t say out loud.

Ding ding! don't do this! spool many kids have unrequited crushes through even all of US, both genders. could you imagine on top of that special version of teen heart break that your parent is disappointed that you aren't dating?! salt in the wound, dude

Agreed that it is weird. You need to establish better parental boundaries.

Not at all weird. Northern Europeans have much more healthy attitudes towards this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD is in ninth grade and I've told her I prefer her to date at least one person while in high school. I want her to learn how to be in a relationship while she still lives at home. While she can still have someone pointing out how to date, how to navigate life (friends) while dating. And how to get OUT of a relationship.

This is also weird. It’s like something that you might say in your head but you shouldn’t say out loud.

Ding ding! don't do this! spool many kids have unrequited crushes through even all of US, both genders. could you imagine on top of that special version of teen heart break that your parent is disappointed that you aren't dating?! salt in the wound, dude

Agreed that it is weird. You need to establish better parental boundaries.

Not at all weird. Northern Europeans have much more healthy attitudes towards this stuff.

Interfering crazily in someone else’s love life? I don’t think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD is in ninth grade and I've told her I prefer her to date at least one person while in high school. I want her to learn how to be in a relationship while she still lives at home. While she can still have someone pointing out how to date, how to navigate life (friends) while dating. And how to get OUT of a relationship.

This is also weird. It’s like something that you might say in your head but you shouldn’t say out loud.

Well luckily we all get to raise our kids how we each see fit. I think there is nothing wrong with it.

Your seeing her as a ‘kid’ is the first weird thing. They really aren’t ‘kids’ but young adults. And it should be okay for them to have different dating and sexual values than you because they are not you. It’s nice to share some of your values, but this seems like smothering.

[Anonymous]

very surprised by some of the responses. did most of the PPs grow up in the US? it's a pretty typical high school experience to start dating in high school. Many/most of my friends had some experience with not very serious dating starting in 9th and 10th grade (like going to a movie, etc.) and more serious dating in 11th and 12th grade. And my group of friends was not the most popular crowd by any means. this was in the 90s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD is in ninth grade and I've told her I prefer her to date at least one person while in high school. I want her to learn how to be in a relationship while she still lives at home. While she can still have someone pointing out how to date, how to navigate life (friends) while dating. And how to get OUT of a relationship.

This is also weird. It’s like something that you might say in your head but you shouldn’t say out loud.

Ding ding! don't do this! spool many kids have unrequited crushes through even all of US, both genders. could you imagine on top of that special version of teen heart break that your parent is disappointed that you aren't dating?! salt in the wound, dude

Agreed that it is weird. You need to establish better parental boundaries.

Not at all weird. Northern Europeans have much more healthy attitudes towards this stuff.

First quoted pp that said this is an additional embarrassing pressure to all the kids who aren't getting romantic interest thrown their way. Sorry but no, lots of ties to Europe and Scandinavai this is too far